to respond; to answer; to meet (e.g. demands, expectations); to affect; to take a toll; to strike home
even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is
entering; setting (of the Sun); containing; content; income; beginning
weapon; arms; ordnance; weapon (something used to gain an advantage); asset
hair on the back of one's head
to seize; to catch; to obtain; to acquire; to understand; to grasp
to get a haircut; to give a haircut; to cut hair
unconditionally; as a rule
to declare; to assert; to state definitively; to finish saying; to say it all; to finish one's sentence
to snatch away; to dispossess; to steal
to get up (e.g. from bed); to make one's way in the world; to achieve in life
(for) self-defense; (for) self-protection
sword (esp. Japanese single-edged); katana; scalpel; chisel; burin; knife money (knife-shaped commodity money used in ancient China)
practical; useful; utilitarian; pragmatic
rustling; flapping; unkempt (hair, etc.); loose; dry; decisively
nata; sturdy broad-bladed knife, used in woodcraft and hunting (often with a rectangular blade)
sickle; leading question; trick question; sickle-and-chain (weapon); spear with curved cross-blades; gooseneck tenon and mortise joint; (arch.) noisiness
cotton gloves; working gloves
garden; yard; courtyard; field (of action); area
care; looking after; repair; (police) raid; crackdown
to be exhausted; to be worn out
(talking in a) half-joking manner
hatchet; axe; wood-chopping; wood-splitting
reproachful; resentful; spiteful
and; thereupon; because of that
match (to light fire with)
ignition; catching fire; setting on fire
coincidence; agreement; conformity; consistency; cooperation
to approach; to draw near; to be imminent; to press (someone for something); to urge; to compel
to buy more (of something)
pole; rod; line; dash; spoken monotonously
in short; in a word; to sum up; to put it simply; to make a long story short; after all
modern version; modern edition; updated, contemporary edition
to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; after all; it must be remembered; only
main force; chief object; mainline
gas burner; blowtorch; Bunsen burner
gas cartridge stove; portable stove; camp stove
jet; spray; injection; jet propulsion
piece(s) of firewood (esp. chopped or split from logs); kindling (twigs, branches, etc.); firewood